FED (Historical) 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The Committee of Ten, convened in 1892 by the NEA, was primarily concerned with standardizing what level of education?
- Elementary school curriculum
- College entrance requirements and secondary school curriculum (Correct answer)
- Graduate-level research programs
- Vocational training standards
Correct answer: College entrance requirements and secondary school curriculum
The Committee of Ten, chaired by Charles Eliot, recommended a uniform college-preparatory curriculum for American high schools.
Question 2: Friedrich Froebel's major contribution to education history was the founding of which type of institution?
- The modern research university
- The comprehensive high school
- The kindergarten (Correct answer)
- The common school
Correct answer: The kindergarten
Froebel established the first kindergarten in Germany in 1837, emphasizing play as the natural method of child learning.
Question 3: The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958 was passed in direct response to what event?
- The Korean War troop shortages
- The Soviet launch of Sputnik (Correct answer)
- Declining literacy rates in urban schools
- The desegregation of Southern schools
Correct answer: The Soviet launch of Sputnik
Sputnik's launch in 1957 alarmed Americans about Soviet scientific superiority, prompting NDEA to boost math, science, and language education.
Question 4: In colonial New England, the Old Deluder Satan Law of 1647 required towns to do what?
- Fund religious ministers through local taxes
- Establish schools so children could read the Bible (Correct answer)
- Ban non-Puritan texts from schoolhouses
- Require apprenticeships for all boys over age ten
Correct answer: Establish schools so children could read the Bible
The Old Deluder Satan Law mandated that towns of 50 or more households establish reading schools so children could access scripture.
Question 5: Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy, associated with Tuskegee Institute, emphasized what approach for African Americans in the post-Reconstruction era?
- Immediate political agitation for full civil rights
- Industrial and vocational training as economic uplift (Correct answer)
- Classical liberal arts education at historically Black colleges
- Migration to Northern cities for higher education
Correct answer: Industrial and vocational training as economic uplift
Washington advocated practical, vocational training as the pathway to economic self-sufficiency and eventual social equality.
Question 6: Which early 20th-century educator founded the Lincoln School and championed 'activity-based' progressive curriculum tied to real-life experiences?
- William T. Harris
- William Heard Kilpatrick (Correct answer)
- Edward Thorndike
- Charles Judd
Correct answer: William Heard Kilpatrick
William Heard Kilpatrick developed the project method, extending Dewey's ideas into activity-centered, student-directed learning.
Question 7: The Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education (1918) marked a shift from classical academics by emphasizing what overarching goal?
- College preparation for all students
- Preparation for broad civic and personal life outcomes (Correct answer)
- Mastery of Latin and Greek for intellectual discipline
- Federal standardization of state graduation requirements
Correct answer: Preparation for broad civic and personal life outcomes
The Seven Cardinal Principles redefined high school's purpose around health, citizenship, and worthy use of leisure, not just college prep.
FED (Historical) 3
The Committee of Ten, convened in 1892 by the NEA, was primarily concerned with standardizing what level of education?